From New York, this is Democracy Now.

First, I want to address the president's unhinged remarks a few minutes ago, begging me to

call him.

No, I will not call the president asking him to send troops to Chicago.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker strongly rejects Trump's threat to send the National

Guard to Chicago. federal agents are already

massing at a military base nearby. We'll speak with Democratic Chicago Congress member

Chewy Garcia. Then in a slew of legal developments, a federal judge has ruled Trump broke

the law when he deployed the National Guard

to stop immigration protests in Los Angeles.

A conservative federal appeals courts blocked the president from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport

Venezuelans.

And Defense Secretary Pete Hegsef has authorized some 600 military

lawyers to serve as immigration judges. We'll get an update. And we'll speak with New York

Times contributor, Jean Guerrero, about her new essay, The Border is Invading America. Then to the case of a military veteran who's been charged with conspiracy for joining a protest against ICE.

It's seen as a test case on how far the Trump administration will go to punish dissent.

We'll go to Spokane, Washington.

I'm Dajun Mavala, and the FBI sent 10 agents to arrest my son at 6 a.m. on July 14th

for non-violently protesting against ICE in Spokane, Washington last June.

My son is an Afghanistan veteran who held a top secret security clearance and has never had any kind of arrests or criminal

record. He also helped rescue 40 Afghan refugees after the U.S. withdrawal, half of whom were minors.

This is the state of the country under the Trump regime. Both he and his son are retired National Guard.

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